Ajinomoto : ▶Sustainability Report 2025 -Environmental Data

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Scope of the Environmental Data

• Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions

  The environmental data of this section covers Ajinomoto Co., Inc. and other Group companies subject to the Ajinomoto Group Environmental Management as defined in the company's Environmental Regulations as of March 31, 2025.

  Performance statistics are for the 128, which substantially represent the environmental performance of the entire Ajinomoto Group under the consolidated financial accounting system.

• Conservation of water resources

• 3Rs of waste

• Third-party assurance

• ISO 14001 certificate

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Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions calculated from IEA[1]CO2 emissions factors

(t-CO2e)

(t-CO2e)

By region		FY2018 (Base Year)	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Scope 1 emissions		1,196,696	1,008,811	1,005,363	973,780	767,084	675,022
Japan		327,345	293,358	288,531	279,268	260,444	230,890
	Asia/Africa	526,405	389,741	412,339	394,705	225,598	174,222
	Europe	39,021	37,902	18,721	15,824	15,381	10,844
	North America	219,337	221,691	206,394	210,282	203,728	195,454
	South America	67,231	53,877	67,975	63,998	50,201	51,620
	China	17,629	12,242	11,402	9,704	11,731	11,992
Scope 2 emissions (market-based method)		1,015,723	901,789	606,594	611,712	512,652	444,362
	Japan	141,952	120,119	101,645	92,886	66,036	58,746
	Asia/Africa	427,389	380,604	276,867	308,580	262,446	210,121
	Europe	184,253	158,749	20,451	19,161	19,052	17,420
	North America	193,766	179,067	170,258	159,857	137,049	134,768
	South America	40,308	32,692	6,753	2,646	203	115
	China	28,056	30,558	30,620	28,582	27,867	23,193
Scope 1 and 2 total emissions		2,212,692	1,910,600	1,611,957	1,585,492	1,279,736	1,119,383
	Japan	469,297	413,477	390,177	372,154	326,480	289,636
	Asia/Africa	953,794	770,346	689,205	703,286	488,044	384,343
	Europe	223,275	196,651	39,172	34,985	34,433	28,264
	North America	413,103	400,758	376,652	370,139	340,777	330,221
	South America	107,538	86,569	74,729	66,644	50,405	51,735
	China	45,686	42,799	42,022	38,286	39,598	35,185

	FY2018 (Base Year)	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Scope 3 Category 1: Raw materials	8,115,946	7,614,734	6,960,412	6,610,392	6,494,563	5,902,119
Scope 1:	1,196,969	1,008,811	1,005,363	973,780	767,084	675,022
Scope 3 Category 3: Production	381,765	630,823	583,499	604,719	587,760	610,676
Scope 2:	Market-based method 1,015,723 Location-based method 1,026,764	Market-based method 901,789 Location-based method 910,791	Market-based method 606,594 Location-based method 622,059	Market-based method 611,712 Location-based method 620,751	Market-based method 512,652 Location-based method 516,707	Market-based method 444,362 Location-based method 477,929
Scope 3 Category 4: Transport	1,274,589	1,210,741	1,121,673	1,037,133	981,743	1,241,268
Scope 3 Category 11: Use	1,294,392	1,355,477	1,396,947	1,386,049	1,296,947	1,245,292
Scope 3 Category 12: Disposal	443,333	425,003	409,500	405,337	400,585	401,455
Scope 3 Category 2: Capital goods	249,944	262,711	232,674	219,172	241,466	302,696
Scope 3 Category 5: Waste generated in operations	140,678	85,714	92,884	97,854	82,326	80,534
Scope 3 Category 6: Business travel	4,479	4,226	4,350	4,446	4,500	4,532
Scope 3 Category 7: Employee commuting	16,206	15,292	15,740	16,087	16,283	16,398
Scope 3 Category 8: Upstream leased assets	Included in category 1	Included in category 1	Included in category 1	Included in category 1	Included in category 1	Included in category 1
Scope 3 Category 9: Downstream transportation and distribution	3,780	3,183	3,448	2,535	2,802	4,981
Scope 3 Category 10: Processing of sold products	8,158	179,801	126,716	108,585	78,445	60,659
Scope 3 Category 13: Downstream leased assets	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scope 3 Category 14: Franchises	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scope 3 Category 15: Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scope 3 total	11,933,270	11,787,705	10,947,844	10,492,309	10,187,420	9,870,610
Scope 1, 2 and 3 total	14,145,962	13,698,305	12,599,801	12,077,801	11,467,156	10,989,993

[1] International Energy Agency

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(t-CO2e)

Ajinomoto Group products carbon footprint

By business activity/division		FY2018 (Base Year)	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Scope 1 emissions		1,196,969	1,008,811	1,005,363	973,780	767,084	675,022
Business activities	Production	1,149,384	970,831	974,789	932,429	740,452	667,049
	Transportation	25,976	17,633	12,524	24,732	9,674	6,461
	Others (office, sales, R&D, etc.)	21,609	20,348	18,050	16,620	16,957	1,512
Business division	Food Products	347,927	436,813	485,193	524,660	495,477	452,174
	Bio & Fine Chemicals	849,041	571,998	520,170	449,121	271,607	222,848
Scope 2 emissions (market-based method)		1,015,723	901,789	606,594	611,712	512,652	444,362
Business activities	Production	1,010,908	897,639	604,268	609,377	510,224	437,602
	Transportation	9	2	3	5	3	4
	Others (office, sales, R&D, etc.)	4,806	4,148	2,323	2,330	2,425	6,756
Business division	Food Products	379,571	384,066	311,163	299,081	268,331	258,598
	Bio & Fine Chemicals	636,152	517,722	295,431	312,631	244,321	185,764

Product	Production plant	CFP values[2](per kg of product)	CFP values per serving[3]
(1) HON-DASHI®	Kawasaki Plant, Ajinomoto Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	14.08 kg-CO2e	-
(2) Ajinomoto KK Consommé (Granules)	Takatsu Plant, Ajinomoto Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	6.87 kg-CO2e	-
(3) Knorr®Cup Soup Tsubu Tappuri Corn Cream	Takatsu Plant, Ajinomoto Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	7.08 kg-CO2e	-
(4) Ajinomoto KK Shirogayu 250 g	Takatsu Plant, Ajinomoto Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	0.81 kg-CO2e	-
(5) Cook Do®Hoikoro	Kawasaki Plant, Ajinomoto Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	2.95 kg-CO2e	1.21 kg-CO2e per serving (approx. 700 g)
(6) Cook Do®Kyo-no Oozara Butabara Daikon	Shizuoka Plant, Ajinomoto Food Manufacturing Co., Ltd.	2.31 kg-CO2e	2.90 kg-CO2e per serving (approx. 1 kg)
(7) Nabe Cube Toridashi Umashio	Kunneppu Plant, Ajinomoto Food Manufacturing Hokkaido Co., Ltd.	8.54 kg-CO2e	-
(8) Blendy®Stick Café au Lait (coffee mixes)	AGF Suzuka, Inc.	4.85 kg-CO2e	-
(9) Lemon and Basil Fried Chicken (frozen foods)	Kyushu Plant, Ajinomoto Frozen Foods Co., Inc.	5.84 kg-CO2e	-
(10) Yamaki Mentsuyu (400 ml and 500 ml)	Daini Plant and Minakami Plant, YAMAKI Co., Ltd.	2.02 kg-CO2e	-
(11) Masako®Ayam (11 g)	Mojokerto Factory, PT AJINOMOTO INDONESIA	2.49 kg-CO2e	-
(12) Aji-ngon®Pork flavor seasoning (400 g)	Long Thanh Factory, AJINOMOTO VIETNAM CO., LTD.	2.68 kg-CO2e	-
(13) Ros Dee®Pork (75 g)	Nong Khae Factory, AJINOMOTO CO., (THAILAND) LTD.	3.15 kg-CO2e	-

		FY2018 (Base Year)	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Scope 1 and 2 emissions per volume unit (intensity per ton of product)		0.84	0.79	0.68	0.67	0.57	0.49
Scope 3 emissions (exclude category 11) per volume unit (intensity per ton of product)		4.54	4.87	4.64	4.46	4.50	4.29
	Reference value: Production volume (1,000 t)	2,627	2,423	2,360	2,350	2,265	2,301
Scope 1 and 2 emissions per volume unit (intensity per million yen sales)		1.99	1.78	1.40	1.17	0.89	0.73
Scope 3 emissions per volume unit (intensity per million yen sales)		10.71	11.00	9.53	7.72	7.08	6.45
	Consolidated sales (million yen)	1,114,308	1,071,453	1,149,370	1,359,115	1,439,231	1,530,556

Greenhouse gas emissions per volume unit calculated from IEA[1]CO2emissions factors

1. International Energy Agency

2. Carbon footprint (CFP) values in the report are calculated in accordance with PCR No. PA-CG-02 from the Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry. The calculation system and the results are backed by a third-party assurance statement from Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Limited, based on the ISO/TS 14067 standard.

3. CFP values of ingredients including vegetables and meat are included.

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	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Energy input (TJ)[1]	33,494	31,733	32,125	29,364	30,296
Energy input intensity of production (per kilo tons of product)	13.8	13.4	13.7	13.0	13.2

Energy input

Conservation of water resources

Water use/intensity

(1,000 kl)

	FY2018 (Base year)[6]	FY2020[6]	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Total water withdrawal[3] [4]	63,687	59,386	59,979	60,039	58,358	56,098
Fresh surface water	20,672	17,004	17,259	17,890	17,520	17,494
Brackish surface water/seawater	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fresh groundwater, renewable	14,865	13,041	13,769	13,369	12,507	11,139
Fresh groundwater, non-renewable	0	0	0	0	0	0
Produced water	0	0	0	0	0	0
Municipal water (including industrial water)	28,150	29,342	28,950	28,781	28,332	27,465
Reduction rate of water use (vs. FY2018)	-	7%	6%	6%	8%	12%
Water consumption per production volume unit (intensity per ton of product)	26	25	25	26	26	24
Ref.: Production volume (1,000 t)	2,461	2,335	2,360	2,354	2,265	2,301
Total water discharge[4] [5]	51,305	47,833	48,034	46,353	45,735	47,419
Fresh surface water (processed by the Group) (treated by the Company)	23,174	20,357	20,490	19,655	19,048	20,369
Brackish surface water/seawater	0	0	0	0	0	0
Groundwater	0	0	0	0	0	0
Third-party destinations	11,101	11,139	11,360	11,245	11,049	12,211
Total water recycled or reused (Drainage of indirect cooling water into rivers)	17,029	16,338	16,184	15,453	15,638	14,839
Proportion of water recycled or reused	27%	25%	27%	26%	27%	26%
Total water consumption	12,382	11,553	11,945	13,685	12,623	8,678

1. TJ: terajoule, T (tera) = 1012. The joule conversion factors officially published in 2005 have been used.

   Consumption of consumed energy (thermal equivalent)

   	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
   Grid electricity (excluding renewable energy source, e.g. hydropower)	21%	14%	14%	13%	14%
   Gas	38%	38%	37%	43%	41%
   Oil	5%	5%	5%	2%	1%
   Purchased energy (steam), coal, etc.	15%	13%	12%	4%	2%
   Renewable energy (thermal equivalent including fuel)	21%	29%	32%	38%	42%

   NOx and other atmospheric emissions

   (tons)

   	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
   Nitrogen oxide (NOx)	6,637	5,673	4,730	3,977	4,135
   Sulfur oxide (SOx)	7,016	7,676	5,311	1,068	857
   Particulates	1,310	871	3,492	762	143
   CFCs[2]	7	5	4	11	143

   BOD (tons)[5]	312	284	263	269	210	198
   Nitrogen (tons)[5]	501	583	430	327	303	531

2. Figures exclude natural refrigerants and other non-fluorocarbons due to the redefinition of CFCs, HCFCs, and HFCs.

3. Water withdrawal is disclosed as the volume measured and invoiced in accordance with the laws of each country and region, or as a converted volume based on pump power use and pipe water speed.

4. The KPI for the water resource reduction target has been revised to a 15% reduction in water usage by FY2040 compared to FY2018.

5. Data for quantity and quality of wastewater is aggregated in accordance with the laws of each country and region.

6. In accordance with SBT standards, companies that have been excluded from our group since FY2019 are not included.

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	FY2018 (Base year)[4]	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Total water withdrawal[1]	575	481	496	535	491	455
Fresh surface water	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brackish surface water/seawater	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fresh groundwater, renewable	572	480	494	533	488	452
Fresh groundwater, non-renewable	0	0	0	0	0	0
Produced water	0	0	0	0	0	0
Municipal water (including industrial water)	3	1	2	2	3	3
Reduction rate of water use (vs. FY2018)	-	16%	14%	7%	15%	21%
Water consumption per production volume unit (intensity per ton of product)	15	13	11	11	10	10
Reference: Production volume (1,000t)	38	37	46	47	51	46
Total water discharge[1]	234	198	214	213	233	203
Fresh surface water (processed by the Group)	215	188	207	207	210	194
Brackish surface water/seawater	0	0	0	0	0	0
Groundwater	0	0	0	0	0	0
Third-party destinations	19	10	7	6	7	9
Total water recycled or reused (Drainage of indirect cooling water into rivers)	0	0	0	0	15	0
Proportion of water recycled or reused	0%	0%	0%	0%	3%	0%
Total water consumption	341	283	282	322	259	252

Water use/intensity in regions with high water stress (Peru) (1,000 kl)

3Rs of waste

Volume of waste and by-products and resource recovery ratio

(tons)

FY2020

FY2021

FY2022

FY2023

FY2024

1. Water withdrawal is disclosed as the volume measured and invoiced in accordance with the laws of each country and region, or as a converted volume based on pump power use and pipe water speed. Data for quantity and quality of wastewater is aggregated in accordance with the laws of each country and region.

   Hazardous waste (waste acid, waste alkali, waste oil, cinder)

   Generated	81,216	83,770	106,161	96,507	90,104
   Recycled	80,892	83,399	105,997	96,323	89,687
   Incinerated	38	24	12	105	127
   Landfills	286	347	152	78	290

   Non-hazardous waste By-products[2]

   	Generated	1,615,808	1,546,599	1,470,197	1,386,673	1,351,248
   	Composted	1,615,713	1,543,988	1,470,110	1,386,659	1,350,505
   	Incinerated	0	0	0	0	0
   	Landfills	95	2,611	87	15	743

   Other[3]

   	Generated	173,310	195,832	208,120	174,906	266,843
   	Recycled	150,295	169,243	182,956	155,715	245,792
   	Incinerated	1,784	2,318	3,969	1,535	3,225
   	Landfills	21,231	24,271	21,195	17,656	17,826
   Total generated		1,870,334	1,826,201	1,784,478	1,658,086	1,708,195
   Total recycled		1,846,900	1,796,630	1,759,063	1,638,698	1,685,984
   Total waste		23,434	29,571	25,415	19,389	22,211
   Resource recovery ratio		98.7%	98.4%	98.6%	98.8%	98.7%

2. Sludge, Bacteria, Humus carbon, Waste activated carbon, Gypsum sludge, Salts, Fermentation final concentrate, Waste filter aide, etc.

3. Sludge, Animal and plant residues, Plastic wastes, Glass and ceramic wastes, Metal scraps, Paper wastes, Wood wastes, Rubber scraps, Waste construction materials, Office wastes, etc.

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